Test Case Management in 2026: Process Over Tooling

Your team moved off spreadsheets. You bought a proper test management tool. You even have a naming convention. And yet - your test library is still a mess. Sound familiar? After working with dozens of QA teams, I’ve noticed the same pattern: teams invest in tooling but skip the process work that makes tooling effective. The result is a bloated test library that slows down releases instead of speeding them up. Here are the five process mistakes I see most often - and a practical framework for fix